shibboleth2.xml proxyhost and proxyport not working in MetadaProvider tag

[msanjeevk]

We are in private ip space and would like to connect to the
metadataprovider url

configuration detail:

<MetadataProvider type="XML"
  url="https://ipdserveralias/metadata.xml"
*  proxyHost="proxyphysicalhostname"*
*  proxyPort="proxyport"*
  backingFilePath="somename-metadata.xml"
  reloadInterval="7200">
</MetadataProvider>

shibd.log show this errors:

INFO OpenSAML.MetadataProvider.XML : reloading remote resource...
ERROR XMLTooling.ParserPool : fatal error on line 0, column 0, message: *unable
to connect socket for URL* 'https://ipdserveralias/metadata.xml'
ERROR OpenSAML.MetadataProvider.XML : error while loading resource (https:/
https://ipdserveralias/metadata.xml): XML error(s) during parsing, check
log for

- URL https://ipdserveralias/metadata.xml works from browser
- On the server where we have shibboleth2.xml file If i do this the url
works fine:
   export http_proxy=http://*proxyphysicalhostname:**proxyport*
   wget https://ipdserveralias/metadata.xml
- URL is not working from shibboleth2.xml and configuration.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,
Sanjeev.
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